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Communications Minister of Jordan Mohammad al-momani commented on the elimination of the terrorist, a citizen of Jordan, a 57-year-old Mohammad Abdullah Saleem al-Kasiga who attacked a police officer in Israel.

Al-momani said that «the occupation government of Israel was responsible for the attack on the Jordanian citizen, who was killed in the attack». The government of Jordan has called the elimination of al-Kasiga «ugly crime» and demanded that they were given all the details relevant to the incident.

We will remind, on Saturday, may 13, at about 13:40, the press service of police reported that in the Old city of Jerusalem a terrorist attack with a bladed weapon. On the street armed with a knife Shalshelet Arab approached the police officer and attacked him.

A few Jews on their way at this moment to the wailing Wall, witnessed the attack. They hurried to help the police, tried to pull away from him a terrorist, thereby allowing the police officer to get the gun and shoot. The terrorist was killed.

On a scene there arrived crew of paramedics «Magen David Adom», which wounded a police officer first aid and took him to the hospital «Shaare Zedek». According to doctors, a 37-year-old policeman is in a state of moderate severity.

A tourist from Jordan Mohammed Abdullah Salim al-Casig have never been detained on suspicion of terrorist activities.

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Jordan is outraged by the elimination of the terrorist who attacked a police officer in Israel 13.05.2017